Pad-garter.



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PAD GARER.

APPLICAUON FILED 1111.111` 1314.

PatGntcd May 9, 1916.

Per# wUwikM/n UNITED` sri/aras PATENT OFFICE.

CLARENCE AINSLEY HAMLIN, OF AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND; HUNTLEY SPENCER HAMLIN, 0F WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND, AND FREDERICK EDWARD LIPSCOMBE, 0F AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND, ADMINISTRATORS OF SAID CLARENCE A. HAMLIN,

DECEASED.

PAD-GARTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 9, 1916.

Application led July 1, 1914. Serial No. 848,325.

mens garters known as pad garters worn for the purpose oi supporting hose or socks in position on the legs of the wearer.

The present form of padgarter is especially destructive to the tops of the hose by tearing and making holes therein owing to the absence of elasticity or give between the pad and the sock grip and which is necessary to preserve the sock during the straining and jarring occasioned by the various actions and positions of the wearer.

The garter described and illustrated hereinAhas for its special object the overcoming of this defect and consequently7 the prolongation of theV life of the hose by preserving the tops against such destruction, by providing the requisite amount of\give or elasticity between the sock grip and the garter pad while permitting the garter to retain its normal position on the leg and Without occasioning undue strain on the hose tops.

The invention will be further described with reference to the accompanying drawing in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a garter embodying the features ci the present in- Vention` Fig. 2 is a fragmentary View on an enlarged scale of a double grip garter embodying the present invention.

The garter consists of the usual elastic band A one end of which permanently secured to the pad B, and the free end of which after the band A has been passed laround the wearers leg is removably attached to the pad B by the fastening means at C.

The sock grip- D is of a known type and is attached to a piece of webbing E suspended from the pad B by a short piece of elastic F as shown.

The elastic F may be single or double and straight or otherwise as required and has the effect of supplying the requisite amount of give between the .garter padB and the grip D on the hose top without altering the position of either on any straining jerking or )arring occurring.

In the double grip garter shown in Fig.l

2 the grips D are secured to the double pad B in a similar manner to that shown in Fig. 1.

Accord-ing to the present invention, the elastic F passes loosely through the pad or only partially through same and is secured in position to the pad at its top end only so as to leave the elastic free to pull downward through the pad when required. This method of attaching the grip D to the pad B can be applied to both single and double grip garter irrespective of the shape make or design of the pad.

Having now fully describedfmy invention, what I desire to claim and secure by Letters Patent is:-

A garter for mens wear comprising a pad, a band to surround the leg, one end of `the band being secured to one end of the pad, a detachable connection between the free end of the band and the other end of the ad, a sock grip, an elastic suspending web ing carrying the sock grip and extending through the pad and secured thereto at the top portion only of the webbing, the remaining portion of the webbing-being free for expansion and contraction, Whereb the sock grip may be located adjacent the ower edge of the pad.

GEORGE WILLIAM BASLEY, MARY CHRISTINA BREMAN. 

